Improvement in carpet-fasteners



B. D. KESTED.

Carpet-Fastenersh.

N0. 143,78L1, Patented Oct. 21,1873.

UNITED STATES "PATENT FFICEo BRADLEY l). KESTED,

OF GLEN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARPET-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,784, dated O-tober21, 1872; applicai n tiled December 16, 1872.

To all ywhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRADLEY D. KESTED, of the town of Glen, county ofMontgomery, State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Mode of Securing Carpets to Floors; and I do herebydeclare that t-he following is a description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying VYdrawings forming a part of this specification,in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the improvements inthis invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same.

My invention relates to the combination of an edge-strip provided with arabbet or recess, with hooks or their equivalents; and consists of apiece of wood ot' a length equal to the length ot the room to becarpeted, and of a width of about one and one-fourth inch and a depth ofabout the same, and provided with a groove, recess, or rabl'iet made inits longitudinal direction, in which recess are placed at intervals ofabout six inches hooks provided ith sharp points, which will be capableof engaging with the edge of thel carpet. The said piece may also behinged to the base-board, and is to be 4secured to the said base-boardor the ioor by screws, or their equivalents, when in place, the objectof this invention being to secure the edges of carpets at thebase-boards of the room in a secure and expeditious manner, and to giveto the whole a neater appearance.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe it in reference to the drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, the saine letters indicating like parts. v

In the drawings, A represents the floor. B `is the usual base-board. Cis the carpet to be laid. To secure the carpet C in place, at its edgea, next to the base-board B, I form a strip, S, of wood, or severallengths, sufficient to reach along the base-boards of the several sidesof the room to be carpeted. The said strips may be made of any suitablewood, and are about one and one fourth inch square, more or less, andmay be made plain or molded, as fancy might suggest. In the lower sideof the said piece, which I denominate the edge-strip, and at the rearside of the saine, I

form the rabbet or recess R of any proper width and depth, as shown.Into the said recess, which is made throughout the whole length of thesaid edgepiece S, I place, at i11- tervals of about six inches, more orless, apart, hooks c provided with sharp points, as shown in Fig. 2. Thesaid hooks may be either driven in or screwed into the wood. Assubstitutes for the said hooks I would use pins x, shown by dotted linesin Fig. 2, which I would drive or screw in, as shown, which wouldoperate to engage with the edge of the `carpet; yet preference is givento the hooks,

as they would not be liable to disengage with the carpet when it wasbeing operated with. H H are hinges secured to both the baseboard andthe cdge-strip S at proper intervals apart, which hinges would permitthe said strip being turned up at any time, and always preserve the saidedge-strips in place for use.

It is not essential for the practica-l working of this invention thatthe said strip S should be so hinged, as the hinges can be dispensedwith and the pieces be rendered removable. To secure the said piece downwhen the carpet has been laid, I use the screws T at intervals of two orthree feet apart, which screws, passing through the strip S, enter thefloor, as

shown, or they maybe made to enter the basepiece B, if desired, in lieuof the said screws. Any known equivalent may be used, which wouldoperate to secure the said edge-piece in place.

The manner in which this invention is to be operated is as follows: Theedge-strips S, having been previously ttcd to the baseboards B, areplaced parallel with the edges of the carpet, and the hooks c are madeto enA gage with the same about o11ehalf of an inch from its edge, asshoim in Fic. 2 by dotted lines. Then this has been done the edgestripson one side and end of the room are secured to their place by the screws'l, or their equivalents; after which the remaining side and end arealso crowded to the base-board and secured in the same manner. Beingthus secured the said edge-piece will hold the carpet secure in itsplace at the base-board, and the jointure of the carpet will not presentto the eye any spaces a-s is now shown in carpets as heretotlne laid andsecured.

. Having described my invention, what I mit the edge of the carpet toenter the recess claim7 and. desire to secure by Letters Patin the saidstrip, substantially as and for the ent, ispurpose set forth.

The combination of the recess R, hooks c, BRADLEY D. KESTED.

and hinges H with the edge-strip S and the screws T, whereby the saidstrip, when hinged wvitnesses:

directly to the base-board, will be capable of W. P. GROSS, turning thehooks toward the same and per DELAVAN MANNING. f

